Subject: Secret Meetings
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Posted on: 2011-07-07 19:46:00 UTC

Its tough out there for new and expecting parents inthe PPC. Who could possibly understand their pain?

The following contains femslash. Flames will be used to fry strips of bacom for minis, so bring em on haters!!!

Title: Secret Meetings
Genre: Hurt/Comfort/Romance
Rating: PG-13-ish
Characters: Xericka/Kaliel/Maeryn

Xericka sighed as she rounded a corner of one of HQ's many corridors. Normally, she would have gove over the various plot points in the last season of Castle or something in order to distract her from where she was going. She didn't need to do that this, time, however. The argument kept playing over and over again in her mind, like a bad playlist on a lioop.

It had been Gremlin again, ranting at her about all the time she was spending at the Nursery. She just didn't understand the work, the time that went into raising a child. Xericka had tried to explain but the metahuman just wouldn't listen. Everything had to be about her, all the time.

They'd been having these fights ever since she had abopted Aiden. Usually they were just verbal brawls with lots of searing and cursing. This time hd been different, hwoever. Gremlin had heard a rumor that Xericka was having secret rondevous with someone during her trips to the Nursery. You would have thought that Xericka had committed a warcrime based onthe way Gremlin was screaming. And then...

She reached up and touched the bruise on her face.

This had been a long time coming. It wasn't just about Aiden. So many things between her and Gremlin, between her and most of the PPC, felt wrong. She had to move on.

The funny thing was that the rumor was true. Xericka was indeed seeing someone on her trips to the Nursery. Another agent, one who was expecting a child of her (well, their) own. Gremlin didn;t know who, but it probably wouldn't take long before she figured it out. Not too many agents had or were about to have children of their own.

Xericka walked into the Nursery foyer. "I am just heading back to see Aiden," she said to the worker at the front desk. "I can see myself through." The worker nodded and waved Xericka back towards the private rooms.

Xericka's gaze stopped on one door in particular. There was a purple 'quiet please' sign hanging from the knob. That was their signal. Hardly super spy stuff, but it did the job. Up tuntill recently, anyway.

She walked over to the door and knocked gently, three times. After a few seconds, it opened up just barely enough for the Nobody to squeeze inside.

A lithe pair of arms wrapped arond her as the door swung shut behind her. Someone's warm lips met her own, but only for brief instant. Xericka could not help but smile as she was opulled into a warm embrace, which she quickly returned.

"I apologize for my lateness, Maeryn," Xericka said. "I was delayed."

Maeryn pulled away from the Nobody and smiled. "It is all rght, my love. I understand. What with all the work we've been getting, I would be more surprised if one of us wasn't late." Her smiled faded as she noticed the purple mottling on Xericka's cheek. "What happened?"

"Gremlin heard a rumor about my trysts at the Nursery. Trust me, I gave as good as I got." That was not exactly true, but it certailny sounded good.

Maeryn lowered her head for a moment, allowing Kaliel to tkae control. "She will not sruvive this day," she growled. "I will make sure of that personally."

"Do not bother yourself with her. She just does not understand what I am going through." Xericka closed her eyes and pressed her cheek against Kaliel's. "Not like you."

"You can't stay with her."

"I was not planning on doing so." A remote activator appeared in her hand with a flash of darnkess. "Many agents go missing, even whilke walking around HQ. That is what shall happen to Aiden and I."

Confusion and nerviousness passed over Kaliel's face. After a moment, Maeryn resurfaced. "I cannot go with you. You know that. I cannot leave my own unborn son behind. I have to wait."

"I know. I was aware of that before I came down here." Xericka stepped away from Maeryn and looked down at the ground. "I merely felt you should know."

"Where will you go?"

"I am not sure. I had thought about going to the Real World. I have never been there before."

There was an extended pause. Finally, Maeryn stepped in close to Xericka and wrapped her arms around the Nobody again. "I will never forget you."

"Nor I you, my dear. Nor I you."
* * * * * * * * * * *
TWO YEARS LATER

The clerk looked up at the sound os someone clearing their trhoat. A young woman dressed all in brown was standing in front of his desk. There was a stroller with an infant it sitting next to her.

"I am looking for Miss Karcie Nil, please?" the woman asked. "I understand she lives here."

"I'm sorry, but I can't give that information," the clerk replied. "Now if you'll exuse me--"

The woman's eyes glowed. "Karcie Nil. Now."

All of the clolor in the clerks' face vanished. "Yees ma'am."

One elevator ride later, the young woman was standing in front of a door that looked like any other. She took a deep breath and knocked.

After a few seconds, a Goth-lloking young lady with blue streaks in her hair opened the door. "How may I -- Maeryn?"

"Hello, Xericka." Maeryn smiled. "I finsihed waiting."
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Read and review plz!!!!

(OOC: To Pretzel: I am so, so, SO sorry. PoorCynic.)

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